diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/7489-netcup-dns-record-types.yml b/changelogs/fragments/7489-netcup-dns-record-types.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b065a4d239
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/7489-netcup-dns-record-types.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+minor_changes:
+  - netcup_dns - adds support for record types ``OPENPGPKEY``, ``SMIMEA``, and ``SSHFP`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7489).
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diff --git a/plugins/modules/netcup_dns.py b/plugins/modules/netcup_dns.py
index 00306eb455..cba70c0fa3 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/netcup_dns.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/netcup_dns.py
@@ -53,7 +53,10 @@ options:
   type:
     description:
       - Record type.
-    choices: ['A', 'AAAA', 'MX', 'CNAME', 'CAA', 'SRV', 'TXT', 'TLSA', 'NS', 'DS']
+      - Support for V(OPENPGPKEY), V(SMIMEA) and V(SSHFP) was added in community.general 8.1.0.
+      - Record types V(OPENPGPKEY) and V(SMIMEA) require nc-dnsapi >= 0.1.5.
+      - Record type V(SSHFP) requires nc-dnsapi >= 0.1.6.
+    choices: ['A', 'AAAA', 'MX', 'CNAME', 'CAA', 'SRV', 'TXT', 'TLSA', 'NS', 'DS', 'OPENPGPKEY', 'SMIMEA', 'SSHFP']
     required: true
     type: str
   value:
@@ -213,7 +216,9 @@ def main():
 
             domain=dict(required=True),
             record=dict(required=False, default='@', aliases=['name']),
-            type=dict(required=True, choices=['A', 'AAAA', 'MX', 'CNAME', 'CAA', 'SRV', 'TXT', 'TLSA', 'NS', 'DS']),
+            type=dict(required=True, choices=['A', 'AAAA', 'MX', 'CNAME', 'CAA', 'SRV', 'TXT',
+                                              'TLSA', 'NS', 'DS', 'OPENPGPKEY', 'SMIMEA',
+                                              'SSHFP']),
             value=dict(required=True),
             priority=dict(required=False, type='int'),
             solo=dict(required=False, type='bool', default=False),